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US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson dies at 84
CHICAGO: The Rev Jesse L. Jackson, a protege of the Rev Martin Luther King Jr and two-time presidential candidate who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after the revered […]
Imran Khan’s sons fear for his health, seek visas to visit him in Pakistan
LONDON, Feb 16 (Reuters) – Imran Khan’s sons say they fear for their father’s deteriorating health in a Pakistani jail and are seeking permission to visit the former prime minister, […]
Former Karabakh official Vardanyan gets 20 years in Azerbaijani prison, state media says
BAKU, Feb 17 (Reuters) – Ruben Vardanyan, an Armenian-born billionaire banker who served as a senior official in the breakaway Armenian administration of Nagorno-Karabakh, was sentenced to 20 years in […]
Eleven security personnel, one child killed in militant attack in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Feb 17 (Reuters) – Eleven security forces personnel and one child were killed in a militant attack in Pakistan’s northwestern region of Bajaur, the military said on Tuesday. Read […]
Apartment building fire in Spain’s Catalonia kills 5 youths
MADRID, Feb 17 (Reuters) – Five people have died and four others suffered minor injuries in a fire at an apartment building in Spain’s northeastern Catalonia, regional firefighters said late […]
Putin ally warns European powers over seizure of Russian vessels
MOSCOW, Feb 17 (Reuters) – Russia could deploy its navy to prevent European powers from seizing its vessels and may retaliate against European shipping if Russian ships are seized, Nikolai […]
‘Hell and back’: mass rape survivor Gisele Pelicot recounts her ordeal in memoir
Feb 17 (Reuters) – Gisele Pelicot, the French woman whose husband was convicted of inviting dozens of men to rape her unconscious body, has released her memoir, recounting the horrors […]
Russia downs 151 Ukrainian drones overnight, TASS says, citing defence ministry
MOSCOW, Feb 17 (Reuters) – Air defence systems shot down 151 Ukrainian drones overnight, the TASS news agency said on Tuesday, citing the Russian defence ministry. Read full story Date: […]
Land in focus at Geneva peace talks between Russia and Ukraine
GENEVA, Feb 17 (Reuters) – Representatives of Ukraine and Russia will meet in Geneva on Tuesday and Wednesday for a fresh round of U.S.-mediated peace talks that the Kremlin says […]
Heavy rain batters New Zealand’s South Island, triggers flood warnings
SYDNEY, Feb 17 (Reuters) – Heavy rain pummelled New Zealand’s South Island on Tuesday, triggering flooding and forcing the closure of roads and bridges, as a powerful storm that caused […]